The party with the most seats in the Senate controls the leadership. The balance of power shows the sum of how many seats were not up in 2014 for each party combined with how many seats each party has won according to CNN projections.

For control

seats not up

seats not up

seats

Others

Democrats

seats

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Republicans

The number of total seats for the Democratic Party includes two independent senators who caucus with Democrats and are not up for re-election in 2014.

DEM closed seats

DEM incumbents

DEM open seats

OTH incumbents

OTH open seats

GOP closed seats

GOP incumbents

GOP open seats

The number of total seats for the Democratic Party includes two independent senators who often caucus with Democrats and are not up for re-election in 2014.

For control

seats not up

seats not up

seats

Others

Democrats

seats

(show details)

Republicans

The number of total seats for the Democratic Party includes two independent senators who caucus with Democrats and are not up for re-election in 2014.

DEM closed seats

DEM seats won

OTH seats won

GOP closed seats

GOP seats won

The number of total seats for the Democratic Party includes two independent senators who often caucus with Democrats and are not up for re-election in 2014.